Naked Genetics - Taking a look inside your genes

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2024-10-09

  Will It Sequence? Synthetic DNA

In this episode of Naked Genetics: How much of your personality is down to your DNA; we also look at synthetic DNA, and why we'd want to make it; plus, the spiders that turn one species of insect against its own kind... Like this podcast? Please help u...
  Will Tingle author
2024-08-23

  Will It Sequence? 700-year-old DNA

In this episode of Naked Genetics: A mammoth discovery in ancient DNA structure; on the subject of ancient DNA, what can we sequence for a centuries old body? And, in quirks of evolution, the animal that drinks its own offspring's blood... Like this po...
  Will Tingle author
2024-07-16

  Will It Sequence: How effective is handwashing?

In this episode of Naked Genetics: The risk factors between schizophrenia and substance use disorder have had a fresh genetic examination; I put Illumina to the test and ask, 'what difference does washing our hands really make?' And, the the extraordin...
  Will Tingle author
2024-06-07

  Will It Sequence? What grows on your food?

In this episode of Naked Genetics: What the latest genetics research has to say about restless leg syndrome; I put Illumina to the test and ask, 'what really grows on our food?'; And, what makes a tardigrade so tough? Like this podcast? Please help us ...
  Will Tingle author
2024-05-03

  Will It Sequence? Hunting drug resistant bugs

In this month's edition of Naked Genetics: Why a genetic bottleneck created decades ago means some whales are in deep water; how wastewater is helping genetic sequencer track down deadly diseases; And, surf's up! how one beach dwelling creature is shre...
  Will Tingle author
2024-04-05

  ADHD advantages, and mining microbiomes

This episode of Naked Genetics: has the evolutionary advantage to ADHD been uncovered? Also, We look at the microbiome of mining. And, the only vertebrate in the world that would thank you for saying that it looked like crap... Like this podcast? Pleas...
  Will Tingle author
2024-02-28

  The roamin' Roman Empire, and Charles Darwin's love life

In this edition of Naked Genetics: The surprising findings of a roman empire diversity study; Are hybrid animals the way out of the biodiversity crisis? And, was charles darwin as romantic as he was scientifically brilliant? Like this podcast? Please h...
  Will Tingle author
2024-01-22

  The origin of Europe's MS disease, and South Pole sequencing

This episode of Naked Genetics, the origins of multiple sclerosis markers in northern Europe is revealed, and why it might have helped more people than it hindered; we also look at organisms surviving in Earth's most extreme conditions; and ask just wh...
  Will Tingle author
2023-12-15

  Testing for genetic diseases, and bats with big penises

This episode of Naked Genetics, we catch up with our genetics experts and look into the hot button genetics news; we look at how genetics affects our genes, and how genes affect our ageing; and, another extraordinary mating ritual in Quirks of Evolutio...
  Will Tingle author
2023-11-14

  Is vegetarianism genetic, and the penis-eating spider

This episode, we catch up with some of the more curious genetics news from the past month including how much Neanderthal is in you and how that affects your risk of disease. Also, we look at one of the most remarkable breeding strategies in the animal ...
  Will Tingle author